The One with June 2011 American Crafts Layouts

Monday, June 20, 2011

I'm loving mist these days! And patterned paper. And my typewriter. And lots of other things. Here are my two monthly layouts for American Crafts:

BABY 'GREYS'

Journaling: You know how babies are born with cloudy blue eyes and they're called Baby Blues? Well, Fox's eyes have turned the most beautiful shade of grey so he has 'Baby Greys! Here's to hoping they stay this color!

Tips: The TV wasn't on while I scrapped these. Shocker, I know! I started by dropping blue, green, orange, and red spray mist onto a grey grid background. Then I glued my photos down. Next I cut triangles out of lots of different patterned papers and adhered them around the page. I added a Thickers title framed with aqua brackets. I wrote the journaling on three of the more plain triangles and traced those triangles with the same black pen. I drew faux stitching on a few other triangles. I tied green baker's twine in a bow around the top. Tip: Cut really short slits in the sides of the layout for the twine to slide into so it doesn't slip down the layout. Finally, I sewed a border around the edges using brown thread to keep everything "contained".

Journaling: Sometimes you can be such a little manipulator. You'll start crying and then we'll smile at you or flash you a toy and immediately you'll start laughing and smiling. Don't you know we know you by now? There's no fooling us Mr. Man. We love you so much even though you're sneaky.

Tips: This layout was a process! First, I die cut a dozen or so stars using the silhouette feature on my Cricut, then I layered them across a cream polka dot background and sprayed the layout with green shimmer mist. I took off the star silhouettes and had a funky background! I stitched inside three of the larger stars to add texture. Next, I trimmed six mini photos into pennants and matted them on patterned paper. I adhered the photos across my layout and sewed a straight line across the tops to complete the banner look. I punched several circles, squares, and pinked circles from patterned paper, folded them in half, and set them in a curve between the photo banners, sewed across them as well, and added a Thickers title. I tied a small piece of brown baker's twine in a bow and put it above the "I" in "LITTLE" at the top. Then I used my "new" vintage typewriter to make the journaling. I messed up tons, but that's life. I cut up the journaling into strips, adhered the pieces across the layouts, and finished up by adding accordion paper flowers and a bow and a dash of fabric brads. Ta-da!

I always love your layouts Paige! You have such a fun, whimsical style that is so inspiring. Both layouts are so full of energy and the most adorable pictures ever! The title and journaling in the2nd one are hilarious! Love the way you cut the photos into banners & all the crazy combination of fonts...total perfection. Thanks for the inspiration!

welcome!

I’m from Seattle. Chris is from Denver. We met at BYU and got married in 2007 in Nauvoo, IL. Chris graduated from the USC School of Dentistry in 2013 through an Army scholarship and then we were stationed in Grafenwöhr, Germany for 4 years! We visited 43 countries while living in Europe and miss it every day! We now live in Littleton, CO where Chris works at his dream job as a dentist at Old Town Dental. I’m a stay-at-home-working-mom to our son Fox and daughter Jane. Scrapbooking is my passion and I have my own signature collections with Pink Paislee calledFANCY FREE, TAKE ME AWAY, OH MY HEART, TURN THE PAGE, PICK-ME-UP, WHIMSICAL, HORIZON, & TRULY GRATEFUL. I’m a teacher at Big Picture Classes, on the Scrapbook & Cards Today design team, I make and release 10 new Silhouette cut files every week, and I have an Etsy shop on the side. I love teaching in-person scrapbooking and bookbinding workshops whenever and wherever I can! Thanks for stopping by!